MD CURRICULUM 2023/2024
Medicine – English Language Education
І year - Winter semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1. | Physics
| 30/60
| 7
| Examination |
2. | Cytology, General Histology and Human Embryology | 50/40 | 7 | Examination |
3. | Human Biology | 30/30
| 4 | Certification |
4. | Chemistry | 30/30
| 4 | Certification |
5. | Latin Language and Medical Terminology | 15/15 | 2 | Certification |
6. | Human Anatomy and Histology | 15/30 | 5 | Certification |
7. | General Bulgarian Language – A1 | 30/120 | 5 | Certification |
8. | Physical Education and Sport | 0/30 | 1 | Certification |
І year - Summer semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1.
| Biophysics | 30/30 | 4 | Examination |
2. | Human Biology | 15/30 | 5 | Examination |
3. | Chemistry | 30/15 | 3 | Examination |
4. | Latin Language and Medical Terminology | 0/30 | 2 | Examination |
5. | General Bulgarian Language – A2 | 30/120 | 6 | Examination |
6. | Social Medicine and Biostatistics | 15/15 | 3 | Certification |
7. | Human Anatomy and Histology | 30/60 | 10 | Certification |
8. | Physical Education and Sport
| 0/30 | 3 | Certification |
ІІ year - Winter semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1. | Disaster Medicine | 15/30 | 3 | Examination |
2. | Social Medicine and Biostatistics | 30/30 | 3 | Examination |
3. | Human Anatomy and Histology | 30/60 | 6 | Certification |
4. | Biochemistry | 45/45 | 7
| Certification |
5. | Physiology | 60/45 | 8 | Certification |
6. | General Bulgarian Language – B1 | 0/120 | 5 | Certification |
7. | Physical Education and Sport | 0/30 | 1 | Certification |
ІІ year - Summer semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1. | Human Anatomy and Histology | 45/75 | 9 | Examination |
2. | Biochemistry | 45/45 | 9
| Examination |
3. | Physiology | 45/45 | 9
| Examination |
4. | General Bulgarian Language – B2 | 0/150 | 5 | Examination |
5. | Physical Education and Sport | 0/30 | 1 | Examination |
ІІІ year - Winter semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1. | Medical Ethics | 15/15 | 2
| Examination |
2. | General Pathology | 60/30 | 4
| Examination |
3. | Medical Psychology
| 15/15 | 2
| Examination |
4. | Hygiene and Ecology | 30/30 | 3
| Certification |
5.
| Microbiology | 45/30 | 5
| Certification |
6. | Pathophysiology | 30/30 | 4
| Certification |
7. | Propaedeutics of Internal Medicine | 30/90 | 6
| Certification |
8. | General and Operative Surgery | 30/45 | 4
| Certification |
9. | Terminology and Communication in Medical Practice | 0/90 | 3
| Certification |
ІІІ year - Summer semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1.
| Hygiene and Ecology | 30/30
| 2
| Examination |
2. | Microbiology | 45/30 | 4
| Examination |
3. | Pathophysiology | 30/30 | 3
| Examination |
4. | Propaedeutics of Internal Medicine | 30/90 | 6
| Examination |
5. | General and Operative Surgery | 30/60 | 4
| Examination |
6. | Terminology and Communication in Medical Practice | 0/90 | 4
| Examination |
7. | Pharmacology | 30/45 | 5
| Certification |
8. | Roentgenology and Radiology | 15/15 | 3
| Certification |
9. | Clinical Pathology | 15/15 | 3
| Certification |
10. | Summer practice after VІth semester | 30 days | 5
| Certification |
ІV year – Winter semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1. | Medical Genetics | 30/30 | 3 | Examination |
2. | Otorhinolaryngology | 45/45 | 4
| Examination |
3. | Pharmacology | 30/45 | 2
| Examination |
4.
| Roentgenology and Radiology | 30/45 | 2
| Examination |
5. | Clinical Immunology
| 15/15 | 2
| Examination |
6. | Clinical Pathology | 15/30 | 2
| Certification |
7. | Neurology | 30/30 | 3
| Certification |
8. | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 30/30 | 1
| Certification |
9. | General (Family) Medicine | 17/16 | 2
| Certification |
10. | Internal Medicine – Part I | 45/90 | 6
| Certification |
11. | Surgery | 30/60 | 3
| Certification |
ІV year – Summer semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1.
| Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation | 15/30 | 2
| Examination |
2. | Occupational Diseases | 15/15 | 2
| Examination |
3. | Ophthalmology | 30/45 | 3
| Examination |
4. | Neurosurgery | 15/15 | 2
| Examination |
5. | Clinical Pathology | 30/30 | 2
| Examination |
6. | Neurology | 30/30
| 2
| Examination |
7. | General (Family) Medicine | 17/16
| 1
| Examination |
8. | Internal Medicine – Part I | 45/90 | 5
| Examination |
9. | Clinical Laboratory | 30/30 | 3
| Examination |
10. | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 30/45 | 4
| Certification |
11. | Dermatology and Venereology | 15/30 | 2
| Certification |
12. | Surgery | 30/30 | 2
| Certification |
13. | Summer practice after VІІІth semester | 30 days | 5
| Certification |
V year - Winter semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1. | Orthopaedics and Traumatology | 30/60 | 4
| Examination |
2.
| Urology | 15/30 | 2
| Examination |
3. | Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive care | 30/30 | 3
| Examination |
4. | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 30/45 | 3
| Examination |
5. | Dermatology and Venereology | 15/30 | 2
| Examination |
6. | Clinical Pharmacology | 14/19 | 2
| Examination |
7. | Surgery | 15/30 | 2
| Certification |
8. | Paediatrics | 45/60 | 3
| Certification |
9. | Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine | 30/30 | 2
| Certification |
10. | Internal Medicine – Part II | 45/120 | 5
| Certification |
11. | Psychiatry | 15/30 | 2
| Certification |
V year - Summer semester:
№ | Subject | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1.
| Surgery | 30/30
| 3 | Examination |
2. | Paediatrics | 45/60 | 6
| Examination |
3. | Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine | 30/60 | 4
| Examination |
4. | Forensic Medicine and Deontology | 45/30 | 3
| Examination |
5. | Internal Medicine – Part II | 60/120 | 9
| Examination |
6. | Psychiatry | 15/30 | 2
| Examination |
7. | Oncology | 30/30 | 3
| Examination |
VІ year: Internship
№ | Subject | Duration in Days | ECTS Credits | Type of examination |
1. | Internal Diseases | 85 | 16
| Examination |
2. | Surgery | 75
| 14
| Examination |
3. | Paediatrics | 51
| 10
| Examination |
4. | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 50
| 10
| Examination |
5. | Infectious diseases, Epidemiology, Hygiene and Social Medicine | 35
| 8
| Examination |
6. | General Medicine | 14
| 2
| Certificate for conducted training |
№ | Subject | Department | Number of Lectures/ Seminars | ECTS Credits | Available after Semester |
1. | First Aid at Home and at the Office | Disaster Medicine and Maritime Medicine | 0/15 | 1 | II (summer) |
2. | Philosophy | Social Medicine and Health Care Organization | 30/0 | 2 | II (summer) |
3. | Maritime Incidents | Disaster Medicine and Maritime Medicine | 0/30 | 2 | III (winter/summer) |
4. | Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology | Social Medicine and Health Care Organization and Psychiatry and Medical Psychology | 30/30 | 5 | IV (summer) |
5. | Molecular Biology in Medicine | Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine and Nutrigenomics | 30/0 | 2 | ІV (summer) |
6. | Emergency Medical Aid in Disaster | Disaster Medicine and Maritime Medicine | 0/30 | 2 | IV (summer) |
7. | Neurobiology | Anatomy and Cell Biology | 34/16 | 2 | V* |
8. | Virtual anatomy and 3D modelling | Anatomy and Cell Biology | 16/16 | 2 | VI (summer) |
9. | Current Issues of Nutrition of a Healthy and Sick Person | Hygiene and Epidemiology | 15/15 | 2 | VI (summer) |
10. | Maritime Medicine | Disaster Medicine and Maritime Medicine | 24/6 | 2 | VII (winter/summer) |
11. | Support for breastfeeding | Hygiene and Epidemiology | 8/22 | 2 | VII (winter) |
12. | Cardiac Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Diseases in Adult Patients | Cardiovascular Surgery and Angiology | 28/12 | 2 | VII (winter) |
13. | Promotion of the Eye Health | Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | 10/20 | 2 | VIII (summer) |
14. | Modern Treatment of Infertility in the Family | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 30/30 | 3 | VIII (winter/summer) |
15. | Cardiology | First Department of Internal Diseases, ES Cardiology | 42/0 | 2 | VIII (summer) |
16. | Emergency Medicine | Anaesthesiology, Emergency, Intensive and Maritime Medicine | 16/12 | 2 | IX (winter/summer) |
17. | Tropical Medicine | Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Dermatovenereology | 45/64 | 4 | IX* |
18. | Modern Neuroscience: Nanotechnology, Personalised and Translational Medicine | Neurology and Neuroscience | 16/14 | 2 | IX (winter) |
19. | Neurosciences, Fundamental and Clinical Psychopharmacology | Psychiatry and Medical Psychology | 15/0 | 2 | IX (winter) |
20. | Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS | Hygiene and Epidemiology | 14/10 | 2 | IX (winter) |
21. | Ultrasound Diagnostics in Gastroenterology | ES Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Second Department of Internal Diseases | 14/6 | 2 | X (summer) |
22. | Clinical Haematology | ES Haematology | 14/6 | 2 | X (summer) |
23. | Basic Homeopathic Therapy Course | Medical College Director | 30/0 | 2 | X (summer) |
24. | Clinical Toxicology. Drug Intoxication | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacotherapy | 12/18 | 2 | X (summer) |
* The duration of the elective subject is 2 semesters.
* The duration of the elective subject is 2 semesters.
NB! Students shall state their choice by submitting a request on https://webstudent.mu-varna.bg/, section "STUDY PROCESS" – "Elective subjects", not later than two weeks after the beginning of the semester.